HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-12-8558ORDINANCE NO. 2018--12-8558
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 66, SECTION 66-93,
OFFENSIVE, PROFANE OR INDECENT LANGUAGE, OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
WHEREAS, this Ordinance repeals Chapter 66, Section 66-93, Offensive, Profane or
Indecent Language, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, this Ordinance is being enacted to repeal Code Section 66-93 in its entirety.
NOW THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Commission of the City of Paducah as
follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 66-93, Offensive, Profane or Indecent Language, of
Chapter 66, Offenses And Miscellaneous Provisions, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Paducah, Kentucky, is hereby repealed in its entirety:
"See. 66 93. Offensive, profane or indeeent language. it shall be tinlawful fe
any person to utter, in a loud or boisterous mannef, any offensive, prRfane R4: indese"t
words of epithets in any publie street or other publie plaee, piiblie eem,eyanee, or plaee
epithets -
shall :«el..,le btA a et 1:.. ited te.
(1) Use of the r e«.l's 4;ame i4; vain
another.
!Z\ Use of e«. de«egate«. . erds «elating to the privates of n .....nle fe«..nln ,.
he««.aph fedite
/4\ Use of n«., derogatory we«As relating to the «e««eduetiye methad of fna4es
and females, whether or et used ..,:A.
eetion ««e f «e language
/C\ Use of n«., de«ennte«. words relating to the method of ne..«nl
with «elntiye of ntfange«n "
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. That if any section, paragraph or provision of
this Ordinance shall be found to be inoperative, ineffective or invalid for any cause, the
deficiency or invalidity of such section, paragraph or provision shall not effect any other section,
paragraph or provision hereof, it being the purpose and intent of this Ordinance to make each and
every section, paragraph, and provision, hereof separable from all other sections, paragraphs and
provisions.
SECTION 3. COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAWS. The City
Commission hereby finds and determines that all formal actions relative to the adoption of this
Ordinance were taken in an open meeting of this City Commission, and that all deliberations of
this City Commission and of its committees, if any, which resulted in formal action, were in
meetings open to the public, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements.
SECTION 4. CONFLICTS. All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof
in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby
repealed and the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail and be given effect.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be read on two
separate days and will become effective upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter
424.
Mayor Brandi Harless
ATTEST:
Lindsay Parish, Ci� Clerk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, November 27, 2018
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, December 11, 2018
Recorded by Lindsay Parish, City Clerk, December 11, 2018
Published by The Paducah Sun, December 14, 2018
\ord\66 — Repeal Profane, Offensive or Indecent Language